a/n: wow, I have so many reviews and it's only for chapter one! I've never got so many reviews so fast. Thanks to all the wonderful people who reviewed, you're the best! Anyway enough dithering, here's chapter two

Ch.2 Tuesday Tribulations

The remainder of the day Faye spent in a half-daze, her mind endlessly searching for an answer –did she like Spike? It was hard to believe. She had known him since middle school and had immediately disliked him. Even then he could get on her nerves without out even trying. It was bad enough that her neighbor, Jet, was one of Spike's closest friends and that spike and Vicious were always over there, but spike had always insisted on harassing her when ever he saw her. When they entered high school they saw much less of each other, which had suited Faye just fine, still Spike always found time to irritate her (usually by interrupting her semi-shady Black Jack games).

After school Faye made her way to where her bus was waiting, seeing as her car still wouldn't start. She was just about to get on when an all too familiar voice called out to her.

"Faye! Wait!"

Faye winced, Spike was the last person she wanted to see right now. She turned around to face him.

"You need a ride home?" he offered.

Faye cast around for a good excuse to say 'no' "uhh, that's ok, Spike, I wouldn't want you to go out of your way for me." She said.

Spike shrugged, "It's no big deal; I was headed over to Jet's anyway."

"Umm, well," once again seeing no other option, Faye agreed. "If you're sure."

"Of course."

Faye followed Spike to his car and climbed in the passenger side. They drove in silence for a while, neither speaking. In the end it was Spike who spoke first.

"I hear Julia is supporting a black eye." He said.

"Really?" Faye asked in a neutral voice.

"Yeah, supposedly she and some girl got in a fight about something and she lost." He continued.

"Is that so?" Faye said hopping against hope that spike didn't know it was her who fought with Julia or what it was about.

"Yeah, that's all I heard. Know anything about it?" Spike asked.

Faye only shook her head and breathed a mental sigh of relief that he had dropped the subject. He pulled up to her house and glanced across the street.

"It looks like Jet isn't home yet," Spike commented.

Faye stepped out of the car and intended to walk away but somehow her mouth moved on its own. "Why don't you come in and wait here until Jet gets home?" she asked.

Spike grinned, "inviting me in, Faye? I thought that wasn't until the second date?"

Fay ignored the comment and the strange fluttering in her stomach. "Do you want to come in or not Spike?" she asked crossly.

"Sure, Why not?" he turned his car and got out.

Faye led the way into her house all the while mentally berating herself for asking him in. How could I be so stupid? She thought, asking him in was the last thing I should have done.

Faye dropped her stuff on the kitchen counter and opened the fridge. "Want something to eat?" she asked. "I don't know about you but I'm starving."

"Yeah, me too, I didn't eat lunch today." He said.

Spike walked over and placed his hand on the fridge door and leaned over Faye's shoulder to see what she had to eat. Fay was acutely aware of his close proximity and was finding it hard to breathe.

"Mmm, soda." He leaned forward slightly to retrieve a soda from the fridge and in the process pressed his chest lightly against Faye's back. Faye felt her heart jump up into her throat before he moved away.

"Do you want some pizza rolls or something?" she asked voice slightly shaky.

"That'll be fine." He said opening the soda.

Faye placed some pizza rolls in the microwave and turned around to look at Spike. He was leaning against the counter watching her. His eyes caught hers and held them.

"Did you mean it?" he asked his voice very serious.

"Mean what?" Faye said confused.

"What you said to Julia today," Spike replied.

Faye froze. What was she going to say? It was all still so confusing to her. She tried to look away but found she could not; brown eyes holding emerald green.

Ding-Dong! It was the door bell. Faye broke her gaze away from Spike and hurried to answer it feeling like kissing the person who interrupted. She opened the door to find Jet standing on her front porch.

"Is Spike here?" he asked, "I saw his car in the drive way."

Spike walked up behind her. "Hey Jet, you weren't home so I decided to wait at Faye's 'til you got back," he explained.

"Well we got to get going or we'll be late." Jet said.

"Late to what?" Faye asked curiously.

Spike grinned. "They're playing a Bruce Lee marathon at the Cineplex."

Faye made a face, "have fun." She said sarcastically.

Spike and Jet headed to Spike's car. He opened the door but stopped and turned around to look at Faye before he got in. his eyes once more caught and held hers before he climbed in and drove off with Jet. Faye closed her door and slumped against it, allowing it to support her weight. Her heart simply refused to stop racing and she was breathing heavily. So Spike had known what had happened between her and Julia that morning.

"What am I going to do?" she wondered aloud. "I'm not even sure why I defended him in the first place."

Yes you are, countered that nasty, reasonable, corner of her mind. You know exactly why you defended him.

"I'm not falling for Spike," she said stubbornly.

a/n: alrightly people, time to review. More reviews I get the faster I'll post.